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Francis Wall Oliver FRS[1] (10 May 1864 – 14 September 1951) was a British botanist.

He was educated at Bootham School,[2][3] York.

He was Quain Professor of Botany at University College London 1890–1925 and then Professor of Botany at the University of Cairo 1929–1935. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905.[1][4] He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1925.

The standard author abbreviation F.Oliv. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1098/rsbm.1952.0015, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1952.0015 instead.
  2. ^ Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA. 2011. {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ "OLIVER, Francis W.". Who's Who,. 59: p. 1330. 1907. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.Oliv.

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